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The 427 Elizabeth line alteration in West London was its planned curtailment to Southall instead of Acton, which hasn't happened yet.
472 frequency reduction - between North Greenwich and Plumstead the roads are shared with the 180, combined they now provide more buses than the 472 did alone.

At the other end Nathan Way (which runs through an industrial estate) has suffered a significant reduction as well as the loss of early morning buses, probably causing a lot of inconvenience for a small number of people, I don't think this rerouting was worth it.

I suspect TfL have revived an old favourite whereby they reduce the frequency of a bus route where there is a parallel rail service, so the 129 has the DLR and the 177 has National Rail.

B11 - the 301 offers a less wiggly alternative, this is the justification for the cut.
Not relevant to this, but I guess that it is technically bus and Crossrail station related - does anyone know why the N8 was terminating at Stratford on Saturday night?

I'd had a few samples of ale by the time I was at Stratford bus station, but I couldn't find anything online to explain why they weren't going to Hainault.
The 180 change at the western end is still baffling, sending yet more buses up to the Ikea retail park and North Greenwich, rather than to Greenwich and Lewisham. It's as if they think buses are just there to feed Tube stations, rather than go to places.
The North Greenwich spider map also features the new name and logo for the debranded Emirates Air Line.
You can get the old TfL consultation information at the Internet Archive. I picked a date in May 2020 and was able to find this content overview and some actual bus consultation info like this.

Visit archive.org, enter tfl.org.uk choose a date and browse away.
Quite apart from the inconvenience it causes to so many people, it’s a shame that TfL has lost any pride or willingness in communicating with passengers (DG has highlighted so many examples of poor maps, signage and website failings, not just now but for years).

Every time Frank Pick is mentioned (principally by Siddy Holloway and Tim Dunn, of course) I can imagine a stirring in his grave. And comms failure just gives fuel to an uncaring government in its attacks on TfL as an inefficient bureaucracy in need of abolition or privatisation.
Unfortunately the Internet Archive seems to save web pages but not the associated PDFs.
Your hyperlink to 'Bus Changes' is missing the final 's' on the link, so it goes nowhere.

Part of me suspects you've done this deliberately based on the ensuing 'too hard for mere mortals to type' comment.

dg writes: fixed, thanks.
Charlie - there was an incident in the Maryland area - police tape/caution tape etc. Leytonstone Road was blocked to traffic when I came back at 1AM.
Blimey, the TfL Bus Changes webpage has suddenly had some extra map information added to it.

All five routes now have links to maps...
"A map of the new routeing can be found by following this link and clicking on map view: www.tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/180"

...and they've also linked to the Abbey Wood spider map...
"The location of the new bus stop as well as all other stopping arrangements at Abbey Wood can be found by following this link"

Thanks, TfL Bus Changes webpage people.
The 469 bus rerouting is a big improvement for Belvedere village travellers. Not only do we now have a direct connection to Abbey Wood station and the Sainsburys, but we've also got an extra service to Asda Belvedere, and a much shorter walk to the community centre (mostly used by old people and families with toddlers). I daresay some people won't mind one long bus journey to Queen Elizabeth Hospital too. Many people on the B11 route are not happy that it doesn't go into Thamesmead anymore though.










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